pubic directory: /pyoob'ik d*-rek't*-ree/) n. [NYU] (also `pube
directory' /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The `pub' (public) directory on a
machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the
default location for SEX (sense 1). "I'll have the source in the
pube directory by Friday."